Progress, Progress

The Scout team has chosen a processor and architecture for the new Linux based system.
Added by Dan Shope over 2 years ago

The Scout development team has been busy researching and planning the next-gen Colony platform. We've chosen to run an ARM9 in parallel with an AVR to handle the I/O. A Linux RTOS running on the ARM will do all the heavy lifting and open the Colony group to a new realm of possibilities (and potential headaches =P).

Mechanical design is in its third major revision, and now incorporates RGB "headlights" and the oft-discussed rBOM. Board size has been finalized and we're hoping to have a rough dev (ARM+AVR) board out by December.

Just for fun (Scout as Colony Carrier/Mothership) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGIORkElV2A

Scout System Specs
  • Linux RTOS
  • 266MHz ARM9
  • 16MHz Atmega128L
  • 256/512MB DDR SDRAM
  • MicroSD Interface

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